Analysis of Love's Chastening
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
Once Love grew bold and arrogant of air,
Proud of the youth that made him fresh and fair;
So unto Grief he spake, 'What right hast thou
To part or parcel of this heart?' Grief's brow
Was darkened with the storm of inward strife;
Thrice smote he Love as only he might dare,
And Love, pride purged, was chastened all his life.
| Scheme | AABBCAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010011 1101111101 1101111111 1111011111 1101011101 1111110111 0111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 326 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 251 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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